The Ur-Sphinx by user6258813

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Sphinx

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 62

Deck overview

This Esper deck focuses on Sphinx kindred synergy, cost reduction, and high-impact aerial combat. Led by The Ur-Sphinx, the deck benefits from a continuous one-mana cost reduction from the command zone, which accelerates mid-game threats. Dense fast mana and cost reducers like Urza's Incubator enable rapid deployment of dominant value engines such as Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign and Consecrated Sphinx by Turn 4. On Turn 5, the deck transitions into lethal pressure by casting The Ur-Sphinx or heavy flyers that trigger free spells, life manipulation with Magister Sphinx, and extra turns via Medomai the Ageless. A premier suite of free countermagic, phasing spells, and asymmetric sweepers like Raise the Palisade and Cyclonic Rift protects your board while dismantling opposing defenses to close the game on Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azor, the Lawbringer
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Conspiracy Unraveler
  • 1 Curator of Destinies
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Trawler
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magister Sphinx
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scholar of the Lost Trove
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sharuum the Hegemon
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 The Ur-Sphinx
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uldaros Theorix
  • 1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign